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Steelhawk

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Vedder march 6 & ghost shrimp imitation illustrated
« on: March 06, 2007, 10:17:33 PM »

What a sunny day today! Went out for an afternoon fishing. Arrived around 1:00PM and decided to try an area in mid river that I have not fished before this year though it had produced quite a few steelies for me in the past. The run is still quite nice after the flood. I worked the blade through the run from top to bottom w/o a take. Perhaps the water is not too great, turquoise green/blue water with about 2 ft visibility. The run is too big to search down a fish with limited visiblity Strange that the river level is not high with the hot sunny day. Looks like snow is not melting yet.

Afterward I decided to go to my familiar spot where I can fish more targeted pocket water and smaller holding spots. No one was there and that was good. I put on a ghost shrimp imitation with deli-shrimp meat wrapped around by copper wire. I worked the water close in w/o any take. Noticing the bright sun, I spotted a piece of rock in the faster rifle. Steelhead like to hide under faster rifles around a rock in bright sun. They feel more secured there. The float drifted by the rock and dipped at the expected target zone. I was ready, and a strong hook set followed by a good battle, with strong runs and 2 aerial flips. But the doe gave up eventually, and she is a 10 lb hatchery. Yummy dinner tonight. :D

They are there, so go get them guys.    Tight line.          (pics to follow).


yummy!




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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2007, 10:34:15 PM »

Gj william. Looking forward to see the pics. To bad i cant make it out this season!! >:(
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2007, 10:58:03 PM »

Way to go ;)
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2007, 10:50:09 AM »

Excellent job! Congrats!
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2007, 11:00:35 AM »

Real nice fish !!  nice pic in you're avatar too  :)
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2007, 06:16:33 PM »

nice fish , a job well done
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2007, 06:43:58 PM »

There seems to be more steelies in the last few weeks. The March fish are in. 

What is a ghost shrimp imitation? Care to elaborate?

Also anyone fishing today (march 7) ? Need an update how clear the water is for tomorrow.

Thanks for the report

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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2007, 07:02:42 PM »

Wast as good as the last 2 days, but about 2 feet mid river
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2007, 07:53:29 PM »

Nice Fish :)
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2007, 08:59:42 PM »

Steelhawk that's a beauty. 8) That's also an excellent idea taking the pic of the clarity that would have saved some disagreements awhile ago on this site.
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2007, 09:15:28 PM »

Nice fish, congrats
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Re: Vedder march 6
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2007, 10:11:12 PM »

nice fish 
good hunting and good knowledge pays off
good report too 8)
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Re: Vedder march 6 & ghost shrimp imitation illustrated
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2007, 10:57:02 PM »

Liketofish, this is  my ghost shrimp imitation. it works very well. I caught lots of fish with it, and you don't need to buy a ocean license to pump the stuff.  :D  It is very simple to make. See illustration:



1. Tie a long shrank hook (size 2/O or 3/O) with a bait loop.

2. Put on the ghost shrimp colour yarn, like chartreuse & red, plus peach, organge or cherise if you  like but chartreuse and red are the ones used in catching this steelie.

3. Put on a small grup, so the tentacles are like the shrimp tentacles/legs, quite tentalizing to the fish.

4. Tie a copper wire to the hook eye. At fishing time, impale a small deli-shrimp to the hook point and use the wire to wrap around the shrimp to hold it in place.

Now you have a deadly weapon - good visible colours of a ghost shrimp, life-like movement of the tentacles, and the shrimp scent. You can drift in real slow water or fast water, and it works well and holds well. Save the gas & license fees to pump the real stuff.

It is not the real thing, but close enough and easy to make. Now if only I know how to put the eyes on.  ;D

Enjoy and experience with it. Good luck.
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Re: Vedder march 6 & ghost shrimp imitation illustrated
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2007, 12:31:22 PM »

Just talked to the tackle store people in Chilliwack and they reported that the heavy rain over night leaves the lower river quite muddy, only about 6" visibility. Too bad.
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Re: Vedder march 6 & ghost shrimp imitation illustrated
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2007, 03:40:50 PM »

Steelhawk, thanks for sharing your ghost shrimp imitation. Nice guy. That is a neat imitation. I will save some gas and $ for sure and give it a go.
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